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Hon. Frances Ruth Roche

Female 1936 - 2004  (68 years)


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  • Name Frances Ruth Roche  [1, 2
    Prefix Hon. 
    Birth 20 Jan 1936  Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 2 Jun 2004  England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
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    • Wikipedia Biography of Frances Ruth Roche

      Frances Ruth Shand Kydd (n?e Roche, formerly Viscountess Althorp) (20 January 1936 ? 3 June 2004) was the first wife of John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer and the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. After two failed marriages and the deaths of two children, she devoted her later years to Roman Catholic charity work. Frances Ruth Roche was born in Park House, on the royal estate at Sandringham, Norfolk.[1] Her father was Edmund Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy, a friend of King George VI and the elder son of the American heiress Frances Work and her first husband, the 3rd Baron Fermoy. Her mother Ruth, Lady Fermoy DCVO was a confidante and lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother). On 1 June 1954, aged 18, Roche married John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (later the 8th Earl Spencer) at Westminster Abbey. She was then known as Viscountess Althorp (the name is pronounced Altrup).

      The Althorps had five children:

      Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia Spencer (19 March 1955), who married Neil Edmund McCorquodale, a distant cousin of Raine, Countess Spencer

      Cynthia Jane Spencer later Baroness Fellowes (11 February 1957), who married Sir Robert Fellowes, later Baron Fellowes

      John Spencer, who died within 10 hours of his birth on 12 January 1960

      Diana Frances Spencer later Diana, Princess of Wales (1 July 1961? 31 August 1997), first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales

      Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (20 May 1964), who married Victoria Lockwood, then Caroline Freud (the latter formerly wife of Matthew Freud)

      The British media made comparisons between Lady Althorp's and Diana's lives, because both were inexperienced young women who were thrust into the spotlight by marriage to much older men in higher stations to whom they were unfaithful. As with the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales, the marriage between Lord and Lady Althorp was not a happy one.

      1) England & Wales, Birth Index, Jan Feb Mar 1936, 4b 344, Freedbridge Lynn, Norfolk
    Person ID I36901  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Edmund Maurice Burke Roche, 4rth Baron Femoy,   b. 15 May 1885, Chelsea, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 1955, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Ruth Sylvia Gill, Baroness Fermoy,   b. 2 Oct 1908, Dalhebity, Bieldside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1993, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F11367  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family The Right Hon. Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer,   b. 24 Jan 1924, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1992, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage Y  [2
    Children 
     1. Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales,   b. 1 Jul 1961, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1997, Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
    Family ID F11368  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2012 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S819] Wikipedia Article.

    2. [S408] Strong Family Association of American Website, (http://strongfamilyofamerica.org/ Former address: http://sss.geocities.com/sfaapage).